Christian among the Brotherhood--Egypt’s Assistant to President Morsi is Copt Samir Marcos

Published November 14th, 2012 - 07:02 GMT

Alongside Morsi in the limbo of political transition is Samir Marcos, a Coptic intellectual serving as assistant president for democratic transition; no interest in the IMF loan by Egyptians; Argo-- a movie review; and what sort of a man reads Playboy?

Can Egypt’s Christian Assistant President Get Democracy Back on Track?

In this political limbo, Morsy has been appropriated even more power than former dictator Hosni Mubarak enjoyed before the January 2011 revolution.
However, alongside Morsy in this limbo is Samir Marcos, a Coptic intellectual serving as assistant president for democratic transition.

Argo, based on a real story, is set in 1979 Iran, after the Islamic revolution at the heart of the American hostage crisis of the Carter era.
6 Americans were able to escape the confines of the embassy as it was overtaken, seeking shelter with the Canadian ambassador who harbors them as they wait inside the four walls of his house for salvation and for a rescue that never seems to come.

Stereotyping is the easiest act in the world, it helps pigeon-hole, label and classify. But what if things are not as straightforward as they appear to be? What if there is more than meets the eye? What if certain facets do not immediately get revealed? Meet the man who reads Playboy.